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title: כֶּסֶל — loins · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֶּסֶל (3689), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: loins. BDB 1906: n.m. 1.loins stupidity confidence. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֶּסֶל

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«כֶּסֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **loins** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 3689 · **BDB:** כֶּ֫סֶל

### Glosses

loins (6); loin\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

loins [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3689/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. 1.loins stupidity confidence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3689/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1.loins, 2. stupidity, 3. confidence (NH id. loin; Aramaic כִּסְלָא id.);— loins כָּ֑סֶל Jb 15:27; pl. כְּסָלִים Lv 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; sf. כְּסָלַי ψ 38:8. stupidity, folly כ׳ Ec 7:25 (‖ סִכְלוּת), כֵּסֶל ψ 49:14. confidence, sf. כִּסְלִי Jb 31:24; כִּסְלֶ֑ךָ Pr 3:26; כִּסְלוֹ Jb 8:14; כִּסְלָם ψ 78:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֶּסֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3689/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.8/)

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כִּֽי־כְ֭סָלַי מָלְא֣וּ נִקְלֶ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין מְ֝תֹ֗ם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) loins my they.are.full burning.\[pain\] and there.\[is\].not soundness in flesh my

*JPS 1917:* For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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[Job 15:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.27/)

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כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.has.covered face his with fat his and he.has.made fat on loin\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;

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